Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 86.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Cape Verde, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Cape Verde stood at 86.2%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Cape Verde peaked at 86.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69.0%, in 2000.
Cape Verde ranks 110th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.3% | 69.0% | 71.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.1% | 71.8% | 78.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.2% | 80.2% | 86.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
More environment data for Cape Verde
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.9126 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.74 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0723 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0241 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1711 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0693 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Cape Verde?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Cape Verde was 86.2% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 86.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.0% in 2000.
- How does Cape Verde rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Cape Verde ranks 110th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.